Sex, Love, and Letters: Writing Simone de Beauvoir

by Judith G. Coffin

Book Overview

When Judith G. Coffin discovered a virtually unexplored treasure trove of letters to Simone de Beauvoir from Beauvoir's international readers, it inspired Coffin to explore the intimate bond between the famed author and her reading public. This correspondence, at the heart of Sex, Love, and Letters, immerses us in the tumultuous decades from the late 1940s to the 1970s--from the painful aftermath of World War II to the horror and shame of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501750542
• ISBN13: 9781501750540
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher